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Ex-Surgeon General C. Everett Koop dies
C. Everett Koop, who raised the profile of the surgeon general by riveting America's attention on the then-emerging disease known as AIDS and by railing against smoking, has died in New Hampshire at age 96. An assistant at Koop's Dartmouth institute,...
Tags: Manhattan (New York City), U.S. Senate, Consumers, White House, Health Care Reform (2009)
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Sequestration: How we got here
Sequestration is an extremely crude way to cut approximately 2 percent of federal spending. It is analogous to forcing a grossly obese person to lose a few pounds by not feeding him for a few days. On this issue, at least, it appears that Republicans...Tags: Republican Party, Barack Obama, U.S. Senate, White House, Politics
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Fixing the filibuster
The filibuster is back in the news, thanks to Sen. Rand Paul's nearly 13-hour talkathon on U.S. drone policy last week. Putting aside the merits of Mr. Paul's national security views, his feat of endurance was in the best tradition of the Senate. He...Tags: U.S. Senate, Government, Chuck Hagel, Minority Groups, Rand Paul
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Democrats face challenging Senate landscape
WASHINGTON (AP) — After a surprising string of victories last fall, Democrats now face a challenging terrain as they look to hold onto their Senate majority in 2014 and prevent Republicans from gaining full control of Congress during President...Tags: Frank Lautenberg, U.S. Senate, John D. Rockefeller IV, White House, Mitt Romney
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Rothfus doubts Congress will stop sequestration
staff writer, @damichellegRepublican U.S. Rep. Keith Rothfus said he is against the automatic cuts that will come as part of sequestration, but he is not sure Congress will act in time to avoid them. Rothfus, who was in the 12th Congressional District this week, said Congress...Tags: Defense, Republican Party, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Bill Shuster, U.S. Senate
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Former lawmaker says farmers are important to the world
Farmers will need to feed nine billion people worldwide by 2050, so it's up to the Farmers Union to continue to lead the push for sustainable agriculture and healthy environmental policy. That was the message that former U.S. Congresswoman Stephanie...Tags: U.S. Congress, Groton, John Boehner, Raven Industries Incorporated, Stephanie Herseth Sandlin
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Meat inspector furlough looms
LAS VEGAS - Sequestration could force the U.S. Department of Agriculture to furlough up to 6,000 meat inspectors for up to two weeks, plunging the meat industry into chaos and raising consumer prices, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said on Feb. 7 in...Tags: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Renewable Energy, Consumer Goods Industries, Unemployment, Tom Vilsack
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George Michael: Sequester flip-flop
Assigning responsibility for the sequestration “crisis” is a tricky business. The president has been doing a great job blaming the Republicans. But there’s a question about Obama’s role in the whole affair. Watergate star...Tags: Republican Party, U.S. Congress, U.S. Senate, The Washington Post, White House
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Rand Paul filibuster splits GOP, Graham now supports CIA nominee
WASHINGTON – The political fallout from Sen. Rand Paul’s filibuster has begun as fellow Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham switched Thursday to support John Brennan as CIA director, saying the vote has become a “referendum” on the...
Tags: Republican Party, Mitch McConnell, U.S. Senate, Central Intelligence Agency, John McCain
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Sen. Rand Paul ends marathon filibuster of John Brennan
WASHINGTON – Sen. Rand Paul ended a marathon filibuster of John Brennan's nomination to lead the CIA early Thursday after holding the floor for nearly 13 hours, focusing on concerns over the constitutionality of the administration’s use of...Tags: Central Intelligence Agency, U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, Mike Lee, Ted Cruz, Crime, Law and Justice
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Sequestration was Obama's idea; now he doesn't like it?
I was dismayed by your recent, misleading article on the Republican's responsibility for the budget sequester (The GOP sequester," Feb. 22). Jack Lew, the White House chief of staff and budget director, set up the sequester in 2011, and Rob Nabors,...Tags: Republican Party, Barack Obama, Jack Lew, U.S. Senate, White House
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Paul filibuster gains support, delays Brennan vote
WASHINGTON -- What began as Rand Paul’s one-man crusade to press the Obama administration for clarity regarding its prosecution of U.S. citizens suspected of terrorist ties became a bipartisan spectacle in the Senate chamber Wednesday -- one that...Tags: Republican Party, U.S. Senate, Jerry Moran, Central Intelligence Agency, White House
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